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PalMed Academy

A Step Towards Advancing Healthcare System in Palestine

Introduction to the Project:

The COVID-19 pandemic has created a conducive environment for the widespread adoption of online education. What was once considered secondary has become a crucial element, particularly in fields where certificates and experiences, especially in medical practices, are pivotal. As the pandemic persists, distance learning has emerged as the optimal and essential solution to ensure the continuity of the educational process while safeguarding the well-being of participants and students.

In light of these circumstances, the ideal timing has arrived for the introduction of a Continuous Medical Education Academy. This innovative project does not rely on a physical facility but rather deems the presence of participants, specialists, and an online platform sufficient for its launch and operation. It is considered a milestone and a cornerstone towards the larger vision of establishing physical academic facilities, training halls, and more, all essential components in the field of education and training.

General Objectives of the Academy:

1. Collaborate with universities, medical centers, and research institutions worldwide to organize specialized courses in researcher qualification and the fundamentals of scientific research.
2. Transform research outcomes into investment opportunities, prepare and support relevant studies, and harness medical expertise for investment in various projects.
3. Organize qualification courses for new graduate students in various medical fields, along with continuous medical education courses in Palestine.
4. Facilitate scientific meetings with renowned scholars and specialists from various medical fields.
5. Organize and support specialized medical conferences through planning and participation.
6. Conduct multiple courses using simulation devices (artificial human bodies) to train in various medical strategies.
7. Launch and support a specialized fund to back scientifically beneficial research with medical returns for society and humanity.

Vision:

Elevate the healthcare system in Palestine by qualifying medical professionals, providing educational solutions, serving the community and humanity, supporting medical education, research, development, and creating projects that bolster investment opportunities in medical fields.

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PalMed UK in collaboration with the Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCSEng) offer the opportunity to pursue CPD accredited online modules at 50% discount of the standard cost. These modules can count towards the degree of “Postgraduate Certificate In Surgery” (https://www.rcseng.ac.uk/education-and-exams/courses/postgraduate-certificate-in-surgery/). The offer is aimed at Palestinian doctors particularly for doctors living or working in Gaza, West Bank or Jerusalem.

How it works?

There are 15 eLearning online modules on the RCS England website. Over the next 12 months, we will advertise 2-4 modules every two to four months. You will need to register for an online account on the RCS England’s website to allow you access to the modules when your application has been approved by RCS England. You will choose one or two modules from the list and you will be given 6 months to complete each module. We recommend that you do not register for additional modules offered in the following rounds until you provide a certificate of completion for the modules you already registered for. We recommend trying to complete a module every 2 month.

Benefits:

– Choice of a wide range of eLearning modules.
– Study via the innovative RCS eLearning platform, using any device, whenever and wherever it suits you.
– Recognised CPD and PG Certificate in the UK and internationally.
– Improves your understanding and knowledge of important non-operative skills in Surgery.
– Improves your understanding of the most up to date practice in the UK in a wide range of subjects.
– Helps you prepare better for the MRCS exam and for understanding the UK system.
– Boosts your application towards placement in the UK.

Suitability:

– Surgical trainees of all grades.
– Internship doctors intending to pursue training in surgery.
– All doctors preparing for the MRCS intercollegiate exam.
– Senior surgical trainees, specialists and consultants might benefit from the updated information in some of the non-operative skills modules.

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Press Release

20/12/2022

More Palestinians lose their lives every day as a result of the continuing Israeli occupation of their land, however, one of the victims today died in a particularly despicable circumstance.

Nasser Abu Humeid was suffering from cancer but was denied essential care and treatment because he was a prisoner in Israeli jails.

International law makes the occupiers responsible for the wellbeing of the occupied population, something which is neglected totally by the Israeli occupation, whose policies make life intolerable for the Palestinian people.

There are over five thousand Palestinians in Israeli prisons, many without trial, and they include women in children.

Over 600 Palestinian prisoners have long-term and serious conditions, including 24 patients with cancer; the medical care offered to these prisoners is totally inadequate, most of them suffer terribly from neglect, lack of treatment, and ultimately death.

PalMed UK joins international organizations in demanding that Palestinian prisoners are offered adequate and humane treatment.

To suffer the harsh conditions of a very long occupation is bad enough, to die because of malicious medical neglect is totally reprehensible. As medical professionals, we feel it is our duty to highlight the suffering of the Palestinian prisoners, and to demand that they are given proper and humanitarian care in accordance with international laws and conversations.

Press Release

PalMed UK conduct a webinar about training for a medical career in the UK.

18th December 2023.

Choosing a medical career in the UK, what do you need to know?

The webinar was for the benefit of overseas doctors (particularly from Palestine) who would like to pursue their ambition of getting further training in the UK; and also for the benefit of their people, who suffer the double whammy of occupation and severely limited opportunities.

The webinar was led by Dr. Husam Adwan, post-fellowship upper gastrointestinal surgeon in Truro

Dr. Ahmad Al-Shsnti

Dr. Saleh Romman

Dr. Kate Mallelu

All of them were at various stages in training and specialisation, making them best placed to give the latest information about applying for work and training in the UK.

There was a very valuable contribution from Professor Mahmoud Lubani from the University of Hull, a Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon, (who is also the President of PalMed Academy).

Professor Lubani highlighted the pathways available for work in Britain in various specialties.

The emphasis of the webinar was on giving practical help to those wishing to further their career, while indicating the priority of utilizing all the expertise gained towards providing better health for the people who need it most, including Palestine.

The webinar was concluded with a question and answer session; when Dr. Adwan and Professor Lubani answered the queries sent to them during the meeting.

The webinar was recorded for the benefit of those who could not follow it live, and can be watched on PalMed UK Facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/PALMEDUK/

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Wednesday 21/11/2022

Under the sponsorship and cooperation of many British and European active organizations in Palestine, a conference took place under the title
“The survival challenges faced by the children of Gaza because of the ruthless siege”.

The Palestinian Doctors Association in Europe/ UK branch (Palmed) has participated in this important event. Where Dr. Bashir Oudah has given a speech about (The children in Gaza have the right to live).

Dr. Oudah explored the geographical, historical, and health situation in the sieged Gaza strip and its income providing a decent human life for the Gaza people, especially the kids. He presented many studies that explained the situation of Children, their Health, Education, and moral needs, under the effects of war and permanent ruthless siege.

In the same context, the activities and assistance provided by the Palmed that aimed to support the children, health, and medical sectors in Palestine in general, and Gaza in particular, were presented.
Recommendations have been raised by the Palmed that aid is needed to help the children and their families.

At the end of the event, donations were collected for the benefit of the medical projects in Gaza. The audience thanked Dr, Oudah and the Palmed for their efforts and accomplishments in this matter.

PalMed Europe

Press Release

We received with great sorrow the tragic news of the loss of twenty-three innocent lives from one family in Gaza.
A terrible fire raged last night after the fuel store the family ignited accidentally. The family needed to keep the fuel for heating and also to supply their essential power generator.

The people of Gaza have to survive on severely reduced and erratic power supply, due to the callous siege imposed by the Israeli occupation authorities, which is now in its sixteenth year, and have already claimed countless innocent lives through lack of medical care and crumbling infrastructure and public facilities.

As more innocent lives are lost daily, we have to join all humanitarian agencies in calling for the siege on Gaza to be lifted immediately.

We share the sadness of those who believed and pray that the suffering of the people of Gaza and Palestine is alleviated soon.

After all, they deserve to live in peace in their own land, like all other people in the world.

PalMed Europe
18 November 2022

EU Parliament: Exchange of views with PalMed Europe on Humanitarian Medical Help in Palestine

These two (UK- and French-Palestinian) binational doctors described the activities of ‘PalMed Europe’; this NGO aims at establishing partnerships between European academic and Palestinian medical institutions in order to help improve the latter.

They described the sorry state of health care services in the Palestinian territories due to the many impediments from Israel, but also from Egypt (no access to Gaza from Rafah).

Dr. Badran stated that MSF colleagues had enquired why was the PalMed delegation being denied access to Gaza. Their Israeli interlocutors had allegedly replied that they would not let in “people with Arab sounding names”.

The Chair concluded that the EU should apply more pressure on Israel and Egypt in order to allow medical doctors and humanitarian aid enter Gaza.

Third convoy of wounded Palestinians, arrived to Germany This convoy, was coordinated by PalMed Deutschland.

Dr.Ashraf Dada, Chairman of PalMed-Deutschland who also paid gratitude to the German Government and to Dr.Shamiya for offering these war’s victims the life-saving opportunity.

Dr.Dada extended his gratitude to many other hospitals which offered to receive more injured in the soon future. More victims will be transfered to Europe in the coming few weeks.

More injured Gazans arrive to Vienna for treatment

For new injured Gazans arrived to Vienna to receive treatment for their complex injuries they maintained during the last war.

Their cases are complex and require multiple interventions of highly specialized doctors. An ambulance worker Akram AlAwour together with Abdullah AbuHarbeil, Mahmoud AtaAllah and Ahmad Yousef all are now receiving treatment for their injuries to their complex and life-changing injuries.

Their arrival to Vienna comes as a result of the coordinated efforts between PalMed Europe, Austerian Medical Union, Austrian Arab Friendship Association and sponsored by Mercy Association. The injured were welcomed also by the Palestinian ambassador in Austria.

The four injured have joined another two others who arrived few days ago constituting 6 of around 24 injured Palestinians approved to receive treatment in Austrian hospitals.